12 Google Reader Alternatives to Consider

July 1st is here, so if you haven’t already, now is the time to choose your alternative RSS reader of choice to replace Google Reader. Since I last wrote about Google Reader alternatives, more services have sprung up to fill the voie. The following are the current available web-based RSS readers you have to choose from and some quick facts about each.

If you’re not ready to choose your new RSS reader, that’s OK. But what you will need to do now (like, right now) is download your Google Reader archive on Google Takeout. When you unzip the archive file, you’ll find a subscriptions.xml – this is the file you will import into new RSS reader of choice.

Please note that since I prefer looking at my RSS subscriptions in list view, I have included screenshots of each reader in that view. Many of these services have alternative views with thumbnails, expanded entries, etc.

While there are other web-based RSS readers out there, these are the best or most promising Google Reader alternatives so far. Right now, my main choice is Feedly, but I might migrate to the RSS reader that enables the best search features in the long run. What are your favorite Google Reader alternatives?

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I’m currently going with Feedly, but I may switch to TheOldReader. It think Feedly is good, not great (it does however work with IFTTT).
The OldReader is closer to the Google Reader experience but does not integrate with IFTTT yet.Christopher Masiello just posted VitaminCM.com on Top 100 Technology Blogs List

Even if you don’t choose which RSS reader to go with, definitely take a few moments to download your subscription list so you can use it for later. They’re only allowing you to download it until July 15th, and then you have to start from scratch.Kristi Hines just posted Grab a Copy of The Guest Blogging Survival Guide for Free

Google Reader is one of the lovely thing I have ever used on internet. But sadly, Google is killing the Google Reader service for their own profits, and benefits. However, it is time to move on from Google Reader to something else. I have already shifted all of my feeds to Feedly, and Digg Reader.

I have been looking for some decent Google reader alternatives. Thanks for these ones. I haven’t heard of Commafeed, I might look into that one. Feedbin also looks interesting.Shalu Sharma just posted Manuela arrives in Chandigarh

I like the fact that with RSS, you can just get posts from the people you subscribe to. There are a few people I followed on Twitter because I liked their content, but had to unfollow them because their tweets had nothing to do with their blog.Kristi Hines just posted Grab a Copy of The Guest Blogging Survival Guide for Free

Thanks Kristi – I’ve been reading posts on them and this is the second one I’ve seen with Old Reader, may be my choice I also read Feedly reviews that seem great so that would be my 2nd choice. But these 11 give us a lot of options, thanks for sharing.Lisa just posted Bring Your Website Back From The Google Wrath

Thanks for sharing such an informative post about the value of RSS readers. Truly speaking, I never gave much attention to any of these but after going through your post, I am going to look around to get my hands on it.

I went with one no one seems to be mentioning — Opera feeder. It integrates with the Opera browser, which I use at work, so your feeds appear in a browser tab. It works great, but is definitely for Opera fans! Thanks for this roundup, Kristi. I might check out a few others before I settle.Debra Eve just posted It’s Never Too Late To Find Your Vital Vocation

Great reminder to make the download and great list of choices. I’ll stick with Hootsuite since I use it to manage my accounts from there. Just makes life easier to have one place to login to.Helena Alkhas just posted Ms. Social’s Favorite WordPress Plugins

Great job on finding these alternatives Kristine! Google is shutting down their free services for some reason.. I’ve heard they are also shutting down their free keyword tool. You might have to think of another alternative a free tool for this. love the post Sef just posted Why Branding? Importance of branding in advanced SEO

I read conflicting things about using RSS. Some swear by it, some say it’s not really important and it may even confuse readers who are not familiar with using RSS feeds.

I think it depends on the niche — internet marketers, bloggers, etc are familiar with the stuff, while the average web surfer might not be. I’m preparing a couple of websites, a language-learning one and a greek mythology one, but I’m not really sure about how useful RSS would be.

1. What I think is important is the ability to use the tool with any of the main browsers.
2. The ability to work with Hootsuite is not so important. I don’t like Hootsuite because it has troubles connecting with my Facebook page.
3. I use Feedly. It seems the best service available at the moment. The downsize is that it uses RSS feeds and I found some interesting sites that do not use RSS feed.
Also when you click on a post to read it outside Feedly, then want to share it, it gives you a very complicated and long link.

Thanks for helping me with this Kristi – as always, its been a great help. I really don’t have the time to go through all the options if I had to do it myself. You took the load off my shoulders! I chose Feedly and Feedreader online – just in case, I’m using two services as of now! Let’s see which one wins.Lisa just posted 3 Feng Shui Tips for Peace, Harmony & Joy in Your Life

According to me, Netvibes is the best deal after the closure of Google Reader and it works as same as Google Reader. So, it is easy to understand and implement. In kikolani list, it comes in 2nd position. But if i am writing this post on my blog, then my first preference is going to be Netvibes.Gaurav Sharma just posted Two Best Free CDN service providers for bloggers to speed up their blogs…

Hello Kristi! Thanks for taking time and build such a vast list of alternatives! I will try a free version for now and see if it is necessary later on to upgrade!Dragos just posted Best iPhone Projector 2013

I have to say I am not too sad to see Google Reader take a dirt nap. Honestly, the only time I started using Rss was to pipe it into Sprout Social, which I found helpful to track different blogs instead of searching all over the internet or getting a boat load of emails (I get too many!).

In any case, I made the switch to Feedly. It is WAY better in my opinion and the interface with Sprout Social is really nice. I haven’t used the others, but I have experimented with using Hootsuite.

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I would like to thank you for the efforts you have made in writing this article. I really enjoyed reading it! the “Feedly,Netvibes,Digg Reader and all other 9 ” are new for me.Pramod just posted Way To Run Android Apps on PC.

It will be very interesting to see which of these reader options comes out ahead of the others, or what kinds of updates/improvements will be made to keep up with competition. I think this will ultimately be a good thing, but we’ll need to allow these programs to grow and settle into place before making any final judgments.

Great List Kristi. Most of them are very new to me. Surely I’ll try few of them. Currently I am using TheOldReader and it gives me the same experience of Google Reader.Lakhyajyoti just posted World’s 10 Best Web Hosting Companies

When I first used Feedly, it had the list of blogs to the right. I can’t get that back now. It has the blogs mixed together. I made categories to narrow them down, but for the life of me can’t get the blog list back. I may try one of the other ones that has this as standard. Thank you so much for the list.
Jeff

Everyone seems to like to dump a bucket of Hatorade on it, but despite its faults I still prefer NetNewsWire over everything else. It’s super fast for me, I can navigate my feeds and posts using my keyboard, and denoting posts for follow-up is super easy. Now if only they’d update it more than once every 5 years.Sandhya just posted Google Penguin 2.0 – Lost Ranking? What To Do & Top Losers

Thanks for sharing, Google reader have hypnotized us that we do not know about any other product other than google reader though there are various useful product!techocafe just posted Are you happy with Nokia App Store for Lumia?

I teach speed reading on the side and we used to recommenced Google Reader to everyone. Now I am left with the task to go out and find a replacement. I’ going to give these a shot, thanks again for compiling the list.Joseph Rodrigues just posted Living Out Of A Backpack – My Full Story In Video

Like most others, I am also using Feedly now. TheOldReader is quite similar to Google Reader of old times but doesn’t have the flexibility of G Reader.Asif Khan just posted The Future beyond Resume and CV

I am using Hoot suite but still hope Google Reader comes back because of its ease and popularity and the fact that it was a part of Google which made it a default choice of most users. I still hope it comes back alive from the long and ever growing list of the Google Graveyard members. I don’t know why Google is getting rid of all the popular apps. It is really puzzling.Rahul just posted LINK BUILDING USING RSS

Great article Kristi! I actually use Google Reader right now. In general, I “was” pretty happy with it. However, after this article, I may just have to give another tool a try. Hootsuite looks like a solid tool all around.Dominic just posted How To Disable Windows 7 Hibernation

It’s very nice to see 11 other options I can resort to grouped in one place just in case I ever don’t like what I’m getting with Feedly.

But for me, one of the most valuable takeaways I got from this post was seeing names of people you have in your feed that I wasn’t familiar with, that I can now go learn from.

It seems to me that a post that featured every one you’re following in your reader would be something your fans would love to see. Well, at least I would. And the bonus would be that it wouldn’t be that hard to assemble – especially if you had a virtual assistant put all the feeds into a list for you and then you just filled in the opening, commentary where you felt necessary and then closed it. Lewis LaLanne just posted MyNoteTakingNerd – Two Top Lessons From The Eben Pagan Building a Virtual Business Course

Thank you for the nice summary. I use Feedly and the iPad app is terrific. It connects to Pocket or other tools allowing you to save the article for reading later. I am using Hootsuite, but did not now about the syndicator. I will certainly try it out. Cheers!

Some very interesting options, some of which I had not heard of to this current stage. I personally think I am going to give Digg a go and see what happens from there. Thanks for the list!Martin just posted Promotion forums – Good or useless?

Hey Kristi!
Great post!
Very informative, I loved Google Reader always, but after going through your post, I tried Feedly and loved it too. Now I have a big list of alternatives to Google Reader. Thanx Payal Bansal just posted Acne: Cause, Types and Home Remedies

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